Mallard BayOK
A town of 290 in Oklahoma.
Is Mallard Bay a good place to live?
Mallard Bay’s median age is 55.4 years, against 36.2 years in Oklahoma’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. No town among the 132 in Oklahoma we compare has a higher home-ownership rate than Mallard Bay. Mallard Bay has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
290 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mallard Bay.
For most of its workers, the job is outside Mallard Bay
Mallard Bay: just over one in ten residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Muskogee (24%), Tulsa (14%) and Wagoner (7%). In Mallard Bay, the average trip to work is 21 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 25 miles away.
| Mallard Bay | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Mallard Bay, mostly inland flooding
Expected losses in Mallard Bay break down as 47% from inland flooding and 13% from heat waves. On expected storm and flood damage, Mallard Bay sits above 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mallard Bay has mild winters and hot summers
In Mallard Bay, the midsummer high is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Mallard Bay is
Among adults in Mallard Bay, 19% report frequent mental distress. Of 32 CDC measures, Mallard Bay beats the Oklahoma average on 1 and trails it on 12. Two figures for adults locally: 22% smoke cigarettes, 16% have diabetes.
| Mallard Bay | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 40% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mallard Bay | OK |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.5% | 76.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.6% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mallard Bay Recreation Area | — | 4 |
| 2. Dam Site North Recreation Area | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Mallard Bay
USS Batfish and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mallard Bay. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MuseumUSS Batfish
4 mi LandmarkFort Gibson
38 mi MuseumWill Rogers Memorial Museum
11 mi MuseumFive Civilized Tribes Museum
17 mi MuseumCherokee Heritage Center37 mi Theme parkDry Gulch, U.S.A.Photo credits
USS Batfish: Blackwing.1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gibson: Fred Q. Casler, Photographer, Public domain · Will Rogers Memorial Museum: TheWhitePelican, CC BY 3.0 · Five Civilized Tribes Museum: Uyvsdi, Public domain · Cherokee Heritage Center: Uyvsdi, Public domain
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Moving to Mallard Bay: who provides what
Mallard Bay is unincorporated, so Wagoner County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
100% of working residents leave Mallard Bay for work
Where Mallard Bay’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mallard Bay
About 5 of every 100 Mallard Bay residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oklahoma.
About Mallard Bay
Unincorporated community in Oklahoma, US
Mallard Bay is an unincorporated community in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mallard Bay had a population of 280. The elevation is 607 feet. It is east-northeast of Okay, Oklahoma, and sits along the south end of Fort Gibson Lake just north of Oklahoma State Highway 251A. The public Mallard Bay Recreation Area is in the vicinity.
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